War of the Heart

This means I, the author, am speaking. Heh, been a while since I uploaded anything of fanfiction.net. I've hit writers block on the Sonic fic, so I'm shifting gears for a bit with this Battle Network fic. Enjoy!

The story thus far: The heroes of our saga, Lan and his Navi, Megaman.EXE, had recently foiled the plans of the evil group known only as Gospel. The school year is about to start tomorrow, but something remains unanswered for Lan…

It's late night in ACDC Town as Lan and Megaman head for home. Lan, however, is preoccupied with something. Megaman just had to ask.

"There's something on your mind, isn't there?" he asked.

"No, not at all," replied Lan. "Why do you ask?"

"The fact that you passed your own house about a block back?"

Lan turned and looked. In his absent-mindedness, he had left his house far behind. He gave kind of a silly grin once he realized his mistake.

"Oh, heh. Sorry, wasn't thinking about that."

"C'mon, what's on your mind?" asked Megaman.

"All right, it's…Chaud."

"Chaud? You're actually concerned about that guy? What for?"

"It's what he said at the campground. About he was my rival in many ways…I wonder what he meant by that."

"I can answer that," came the reply.

Lan looked to his right into the park and saw Chaud. He was just standing there, staring into space. He wasn't doing a thing, even as Lan approached him

"Chaud, what are you doing here?" asked Lan.

"Came to think," replied Chaud, turning to face Lan. "Think about some things…or someone."

"What do you mean?"

"You want the truth? Fine, I'll give you the truth. It involves Mayl."

"Aaaaahhhhh…you're attracted to her! I knew it!"

"Oh, like you're not?"

"Well…um…er…" stammered Lan.

"Just tell 'em, Lan," said Megaman.

"I knew that you were interested in her too," replied Chaud. "It was pretty obvious."

"All right, I am," admitted Lan. "So, I take we're rivals for her heart, now, are we?"

"I suppose you could say that," answered Chaud. "Well, I'll see you around then."

Chaud walked off into the night, leaving Megaman and Lan in the park.

"So, what now?" asked Megaman.

"Head home, I suppose," answered Lan. "Heh, this could make things very interesting, fighting for a girl. How do you go about that?"

Megaman just sighed as he and Lan headed home. He could tell this was going to be a very frustrating experience.

Unbeknownst to the three of them, something was brewing at the remnants of the old WWW headquarters. It had been destroyed during Megaman's adventure against the evil organization, so no one suspected the events that would take place there. For on that night, the three remaining members of the WW were gathering there.

"I don't BELIEVE IT!" exclaimed Ms. Madd as she gathered with the others. "We sent out for all the remaining members and this is IT?"

"We can blame this on Higsby and Mr. Match," calmly replied Yahoot. "They quit, so we're left a few short."

"Still can't believe it took us all this time to regroup and this is all we get," commented Count Zap. "It will be hard to rebuild. Still, what has happened to Lord Wily? Did he escape?"

"That is no matter," replied Yahoot. "Our new objective is clear: We must find the boy and his Navi that are responsible for this and get rid of them to avenge our glorious WWW! That is our purpose for gathering here and the only reason we reassembled."

"Yeah, yeah, but there IS still the little question of HOW we get back at this kid for what he did," interrupted Count Zap.

"Say…I think I've got an idea…" said Ms. Madd, a cruel smile crossing her face. "I remember someone who might help us take care of that kid…"

Yes, a devious scheme is in the works! Don't worry, the story will get another chapter soon. It should be funnier, I hope.